Improved carpet-stretcher



' @wat www SAMUEL PENNOCK, oE

4 Lette/rs Patent No. 85,690,

rMPRovED cARPET-STRETCHER The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and malllg part of the same.

'To all twho/m fit ma/y conce/m:

Be it known that LSAMUEL PENNocK, 'ofv Geneva, in the county of Kane,l and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garpet-Stretchers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a -plan view of my carpet stretcher, and

Figure 2, a longitudinal view of the same.

Similar letters indicate like parts in both figures.

My invention relates to improvements in carpetstretchers, and consists in the employment of a windlass and crank, as the motive-power to 'stretch said carpet.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to make and use the same, I will describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawing-- A represents a board or metallic piece, to the lower surface of whichare attached metal teeth h, for the purpose of .holding the board to the carpet. A

B is a block, with a cavity, I, in its lower surface,

suiciently large toallow the cord to pass around the windlass.

'Ihe cavity I is connected with a channel to admit the cord.

O is a crank, whichl is provided with a windlass, E, passing through the cavity I into the board A, the crank and windlass being made of one piece, or a common pulley can be attached to the end of the crank inside the cavity.

F is a cord, one endI of which is secured to the windlass, and the other end provided with a hook, G, or a pulley may be used in the cavity.

The b nard A being attached to the carpet by the teeth h, it will be observed that when the hook G is secured to the washboard, or some other convenient place, by turning the crank the carpet can be easily stretched.

Having thus fully described my invention,

-What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Thecombination of the piece A, teeth 71', windlass E, crank D, cord F, and hook G, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my own, I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

` SAML PENNOCK.

Witnesses: v

` HENRY B. PEIEcE, GEO. W. WATsoN. 

